Category: Family Life
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An “Un-Tribute” to My Alma Mater
It occurs to me that this subtle sense of vindication isn’t an entirely “appropriate” response to the news that my Alma Mater is closing. Which makes this piece, part confessional/part research, as I ask, How can I hold animosity toward an institution I left 29 years ago? Which then begs the question, How can I…
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The Gift of Christmas “Presence”
“If we are forever yearning for ‘more,’ we are forever discounting what is offered.” Julia Cameron “You can never get enough of what you don’t really need.” – Stewart Emery Kelly Salasin I remember the morning that the Christmas “train” took my son on the journey from innate graciousness to maniacal greed to absolute dissolution. …
Kelly Salasin 